A climb up Castle Crags in Northern California on Friday inspired The Idiot to “plant” a drought-tolerant art-and-rock garden on his hillside backyard.
Art and rocks, he figured, usually don’t need water and frequently don’t die.
A climb up Castle Crags near Mount Shasta in Northern California inspired The Idiot to create a drought-tolerant art-and-rock garden on his hillside backyard.
A climb up Castle Crags near Mount Shasta in Northern California inspired The Idiot to create a drought-tolerant art-and-rock garden on his hillside backyard.
The Idiot immediately drove to nearby Dunsmuir, CA, and acquired The Flyfisher Woman sculpture created by his childhood artist pal Finley Fryer.
The Idiot went to nearby Dunsmuir, CA, and acquired a mosaic bench created by Jayne Bruck-Fryer.
The Idiot went to nearby Dunsmuir, CA, and acquired a mosaic urn created by Jayne Bruck-Fryer.
The Idiot and sculptor Finley Fryer drove to Ideal Quarry north of Mount Shasta to choose a rusty rock to support The Flyfisher Woman in The Idiot’s drought-tolerant garden.
Sculptor Finley Fryer selected another rock at Ideal Quarry north of Mount Shasta on which he’ll sculpt a steel book being “caught” by The Flyfisher Woman in The Idiot’s drought-tolerant garden. Fryer is holding a design of the sculpture-to-be on the boulder.
The Idiot chose a couple other appropriately gnarly boulders at Ideal Quarry for his drought-tolerant garden. He’ll add other rocks acquired at Sunrise Excavating and Paving, a landscape company started by another childhood friend in Redding, CA.
The Idiot did not take up Ideal Quarry owner Art Horvath’s offer to purchase a gem of a jade boulder taken out of a Klamath River tributary for $35,000 (“$25,000 for you,” said Art.)
The Idiot returned to climb Castle Crags again to find further inspiration for his drought-tolerant garden.
The Idiot returned to climb Castle Crags again to find further inspiration for his drought-tolerant garden.
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